[ CATCH-ALL ] waking from the dream

[londonbound]

Who: Rhy Maresh and OPEN
When: throughout August
Where: Castle Thorne, Horizon
What: Rhy doing stuff and talking to people around Thorne in August. Magic studies and silly little gifts. Potentially event things will go here later. PM me if you wanna plot!
Warnings: will add as needed.


(( hit me up at belleteyn @ plurk or PM for plotting! Rhy can commonly be found in the dining hall, practicing magic or reading in any of the gardens or courtyards, in the library, at the infirmary studying healing, and at taverns around town. horizon available as well. I'm chill with whatever! ))

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[princessvegas]

[ The Singularity lingers at the edge of her conscious while she continues the conversation, like a dog who's been gently moved so their owner can stand up, balefully looking after her. But it's hard to split her attention equally when one party is actually in her mind, so Julie has to prioritize Rhy for the moment.

The lies flow from her mouth with even more ease than the truth. She doesn't know Rhy well enough to have any qualms about lying. She just needs it to all make sense, come off believably. Enough so to explain her presence, but not encouraging enough that he might get overly interested and start hanging around. She can't have anyone hanging around. ]

Mm, probably 'bout the same. At least so far. It was just a theory, but then again, I don't really know what I'm talkin' 'bout when it comes to this stuff. My world didn't even have magic.

[ Again, the Singularity prods at her; she can feel its attention on her. On them. There's a sliver of interest in Rhy, one that it has not expressed toward anyone else so far, but she can't dig into that while she's still formulating her thoughts, planning the conversation so she can manipulate the outcome.

I only met him once before, she internally chides. He can't know. If I ask him anything, he'll know. Call him yourself when I ain't here.

The response feels like a petulant huff, and she can sense the connection waning somewhat, which always happens when the Singularity... loses interest? Goes to sleep? She's not sure what it does when it isn't speaking to her. But it will come back to her. She's no longer afraid that it won't. She knows it will. ]

[londonbound]

They say this place is the source of all the magic in this world-- perhaps in others, too. Even if it's an echo in the Horizon, is it not still the same essence? I think your theory has some merit to it.

[ He smiles, almost sympathetic. Understanding, rather. ]

My world does. It's a place steeped in magic, thriving with it-- except for the unfortunate few whom Magic skipped over. But in my world, there was no source like that, that we knew of, to seek some sort of connection with Magic itself in a more direct way.

I know people often simply... talk to it. We coax the magic and converse with it, and it may answer as it will.

[ Or not at all. As has been the case for Rhy -- until he came here. ]

[princessvegas]

I mean, that's what I thought! But I guess it might be the same as like, when your computer's slow, so you tell it to come on. [ She pauses, catches that she said something probably world-specific. Sometimes, these things slip out. ] Uh, I don't know if your world had computers, but they're like... machines that can do a bunch of different stuff. My world had tons of 'em. Anyway, it was a thing back home, that when your machines didn't work right, you'd try to talk 'em into it, even though they weren't alive.

[ After a year in Abraxas, Julie has gotten fairly good at talking around technology that doesn't exist for most other Summoned, but it still pops up every now and then. She has had to explain everything from dinosaurs to Jesus Christ to cake pops, so now she just tries to keep it simple. The habit of trying to cajole technology into working properly, though, might be too much. ]

I mean, I don't know that it really gets any easier or stronger just 'cause I got closer. It ain't like my domain's far away from here, y'know? It was just a thought.

[londonbound]

[ Rhy is aware of the concept of machinery, and beyond that, the very human concept that spans across worlds of people just... talking to things that can't understand, carts and boats and things like that. But he blinks and shakes his head, not because he doesn't get the idea of what Julie is trying to communicate, but because he doesn't believe it's true. Not in this case. ]

Yes, I take your meaning, but--

Magic may not breathe and talk the way a human does, but it is, in its own way, living.

Just as the Singularity is.

[princessvegas]

Yeah, I know that. [ Of course she knows. How could she not? She can feel it every moment she's awake, winding around her and beating against her skin like a million tiny wings. ] I just mean that it don't necessarily answer just because you move or ask it or bang on the side.

[ It's almost impossible to explain the depth of her understanding of how alive it all is. Kylo had once said the magic is life itself, and Julie's not sure of how accurate that description is, but it feels close to right. ]

I guess... this was just an experiment. That's all.

[londonbound]

That much is true.

[ He hesitates, a bit uncertain. It seems she wasn't expecting company, and doesn't want it right now -- and it's not as though he'd interrupted her experiment on purpose.

Rhy offers a nod and a smile before turning to head up the crater toward his actual destination. ]

I'll have to try it myself sometime. Have a good evening, Julie. I hope we run into each other again.

[princessvegas]

You too, Rhy.

[ Her mask holds until he's out of sight, a cheerful, pretty smile that immediately drops from her face when she can't see him anymore. She watches the empty space for a moment, in case he turns back, but when he does, she goes back to her bench and sits down with a huff.

A sense of petulance seeps into her consciousness. Not her own. Yeah, I know, she responds. She takes a bite from one of the cookies left on the platter. It is what it is. He's probably gonna come back when I'm not here.

If Rhy walks back by later on, she won't be there. The bench, the cookies, the wine, all gone. Even the imprints of the bench legs will be wiped from the ground. She stays away for a few days. ]